and google servers. the reason you would do this is because they are oversea, therefore they would fall outside of the oversight of the u.s. government, they can access them without a court approval under the foreign intelligence surveillance act. here is what the nsa said, they said the as shergs that we collect vast quantities of u.s. persons' data from this type of collection is not true. the nsa applies attorney general approved processes to protect the privacy of u.s. persons. notice they say we do not go after u.s. citizens. no mention of foreign citizens. and earlier today the nsa chief said we do not go after servers. he does not mention communications links. so in effect the nsa confirming the essence of the story and you can argue they're doing their job, security interests back here at home. >> there are two european delegations that have come to washington to complain. >> that's right, germans went to the white house, and the eu delegation went to the white house, they had a one on one with t